After he walked away, Chen Jian opportunely asked a question, “Your Highness, how did Miss Luo know about the red lotus…”

After all, the flowers noble ladies knew were ordinary ones.  The red lotus, something a bit unconventional, wouldn’t typically be mentioned.

Xiao Chuhuai pondered for a moment, “Didn’t you see the prayer beads on her hand? If she recently went to Changming Temple and interacted with that person, knowing about the red lotus isn’t strange. She likes those naive young ladies.”

Chen Jian thought that made sense.

Concubine Chen was the most unconventional and crazy beauty.  After being confined to the temple for many years, besides not killing people, she hadn’t improved much.

Xiao Chuhuai recalled Luo Sheng’s series of actions, “I wonder what she was taught, to corrupt such a good child.”

Chen Jian guessed, “Perhaps Concubine Chen is worried about your marriage?”

To be honest, among those of marriageable age in the imperial palace, only the Second Prince and their master were unmarried. The Seventh Prince already had two children.

“Impossible.”

She couldn’t possibly have the proper thoughts of an ordinary mother.

As for the reason why the little girl who hid from him suddenly approached him, if it wasn’t instigation by a villain, Xiao Chuhuai couldn’t think of another reason.

Luo Sheng was still standing there, annoyedly examining the sachet in her hand, “Why didn’t he take it? Is it not pretty?”

“How could it not be pretty?” Han Shuang came up, pondering, “Could it be that the pattern is too flamboyant? The Fifth Prince doesn’t like it?”

Luo Sheng thought she made sense, “Oh.”

She was only thinking about whether he liked it, but considering the current situation, he was still pretending to be so aloof and noble, he certainly wouldn’t want something so flamboyant.

So it seems she should keep it and give it to him later.  She needs to change the pattern.

Change it to what?

Luo Sheng thought absentmindedly, hanging the sachet on her skirt, and accidentally dropped it on the ground.

Both she and Han Shuang were thinking about the pattern, and they didn’t notice. Han Shuang suggested, “Why don’t you embroider a four-clawed dragon pattern? It won’t go wrong.”

“Makes sense.” Luo Sheng nodded, and the two of them walked out of the woods and came to the edge of Qujiang Pool.

Not far behind them, two figures happened to pass by. Deng Yu, with his hands behind his back, saw Luo Sheng drop the sachet.

He looked at the girl in the red pomegranate skirt, his gaze swept over the sachet on the ground, and he slowly stepped forward to pick it up.

“Ignoring her, she actually uses this kind of seductive trick.”

The young man beside him said, “Brother Deng knows that girl?”

“I do,” Deng Yu examined the sachet in his hand. The fragrance was light, but it penetrated into his body, as if it wanted to occupy his entire soul. He looked somewhat complacent, “She’s admired me for a while now, but I ignored her.  I didn’t expect her to dress up specially today and throw a sachet in front of me.”

The young man looked at Luo Sheng’s back and knew she was a beauty, “Brother Deng is truly fortunate.”

Deng Yu stared intently at Luo Sheng, his gaze frivolous and unrestrained.

Luo Sheng felt like someone was watching her, making her uncomfortable.  She went to a crowded place to sit and eat snacks.

The edge of Qujiang Pool was crowded with people. Besides the officials’ banquet, young people were all active here, reciting poems, picking flowers, and there were many girls.

Luo Sheng sat for a while, but still felt someone watching her.

She couldn’t help but look around and saw Deng Miaoqin and several girls at a table in a nearby pavilion, secretly watching her and laughing and gossiping.

Obviously, they were talking about her.

Luo Sheng reflexively remembered the unpleasantness that day and didn’t want to pay attention, but she found that they were becoming more and more unscrupulous.

Luo Sheng finally couldn’t help but get up and walk towards them, bluntly asking, “Are you talking about me?”

Deng Miaoqin still resented them for not giving her face that day, “Who’s talking about you? Don’t be self-important.”

Luo Sheng was speechless.

Deng Miaoqin said unceremoniously, “You’re blocking our view of the flowers, can you move?”

Luo Sheng had nothing to retort, so she turned and left.

After walking a few steps, she heard Deng Miaoqin’s voice, “Am I right? Look how arrogant she is, relying on her sister marrying into the Eastern Palace, she doesn’t put us in her eyes.”

“Are you talking about the Crown Princess?” A clear voice sounded, “The Crown Princess’s background isn’t high, being able to marry into the Eastern Palace is just luck.”

Luo Sheng frowned, just about to go back and refute, when she saw that it was Yuan Mo who said this.

And Yuan Mo came with Princess Xingyao and Yuan Jiaying, Yuan Mo’s half-sister. Xingyao was always uncompetitive and gentle. Although she thought it was inappropriate, she didn’t say anything.

Deng Miaoqin and the people in the pavilion stood up, “Princess.”

Yuan Mo and Princess Xingyao naturally sat in the center of the pavilion, with servants coming and going to serve tea.

Yuan Mo listlessly asked, “What’s the fun? Tell me and the Princess.”

“There is one,” Deng Miaoqin glanced at Luo Sheng, “Someone admires my brother, and I told the truth, and she got angry and scolded me. I was really scared.”

Yuan Mo looked up and looked at Luo Sheng, “Is it her?”

Luo Sheng anxiously stepped forward to refute, “I don’t admire your brother.”

Deng Miaoqin laughed, “Did I say you did? You’re really admitting it yourself.”

Luo Sheng’s eyes reddened with anger, “How can you be like this?”

She had been taking secret medicine for a long time, which made her prone to crying. When she got excited or nervous, she couldn’t control her tears, “Don’t bully people too much. I didn’t do anything, why are you slandering me like this?”

Luo Sheng actually hated her own constitution. She couldn’t even have a satisfying argument.  But unexpectedly, when she cried, the young ladies in the pavilion were a little flustered.

Deng Miaoqin was also flustered, “You, you’re pretending to be pitiful, do you think you’re right just because you’re crying?”

Luo Sheng cried while refuting, “I am right.”

“Okay, okay,” Princess Xingyao anxiously smoothed things over, stepping forward to pull Luo Sheng, “Miaoqin, say less.”

“I was unjustly scolded, and I’m wronged.” Deng Miaoqin looked at the tearful girl across from her, crying like a pear blossom in the rain. She also wanted to pretend to cry, but she couldn’t cry after trying for a long time. “She’s really scheming, it’s all fake, don’t listen to her.”

The pavilion was in chaos.

The people by the waterside of Qujiang Pool also noticed the commotion.  Crown Prince Xiao Yi stopped his tea-drinking motion and looked over there for a long time, then looked at Xiao Chuhuai sitting beside him.

Xiao Chuhuai ignored it, “This time it wasn’t me who made her cry.”

Crown Prince Xiao Yi lightly tsked, “I know it wasn’t you who made her cry.”

He bumped Xiao Chuhuai’s arm with his elbow, “Go and help me take a look.”

“No.”

Xiao Yi knew that this person was soft-hearted, so he patiently coaxed him, “Your sister-in-law’s pregnancy isn’t stable, so she didn’t come out today. If she sees this, she will definitely be worried. If I go, it will be too much of a fuss, so you have to go.”

Xiao Chuhuai put down his teacup, “Brother Huang doesn’t think it’s too much to ask me to help with government affairs, watch your children, and be careful not to make them cry?”

“Shengsheng is a kind girl without much scheming.” Xiao Yi saw that Xiao Chuhuai remained unmoved, “Forget it, I’ll go.”

Just as Xiao Yi was about to get up, he saw Xiao Chuhuai sigh, “Fine, I got it.”

Xiao Yi smiled as he watched Xiao Chuhuai get up, and instructed, “Just take her to her brother, Qingyan, you’ve met him.”

Xiao Chuhuai listened and said, “Brother Huang should change this habit of being soft-hearted.”

“Okay.” Xiao Yi agreed in a drawn-out tone, not caring, only watching Xiao Chuhuai walk towards the pavilion.

Xiao Chuhuai walked through the corridor and the waterside pavilion. Before he got close, he saw another figure appear by the pavilion.

He stopped.

Deng Yu stood outside the pavilion and bowed to the girls inside.

“It’s my fault, I didn’t discipline my sister well, don’t ruin everyone’s good time.” Deng Yu stood up straight, “Miaoqin, come out.”

Deng Miaoqin stomped her foot, “Brother~”

“Come out.”

Deng Miaoqin had to leave first.

Deng Yu bowed to Luo Sheng again, unintentionally revealing the sachet on his waist, “My sister was rude, don’t take it to heart.”

Luo Sheng didn’t want to talk to them anymore and was about to leave when she suddenly caught sight of the sachet on Deng Yu’s waist.

How… it’s so similar to hers.

Luo Sheng subconsciously touched her waist.

She found that the sachet that was originally hanging there was gone!

Just as Luo Sheng was about to call Deng Yu, she saw them walking away.

She hesitated for a long time.

No, that sachet contained “Drunken Flowers”, it couldn’t be in Deng Yu’s hands.

Luo Sheng hesitated for a while and decided to go over there later when the crowd thinned out.

She looked back at the people in the pavilion and unconsciously looked at Princess Xingyao.

Compared to Yuan Mo, who had been a darling since childhood, Princess Xingyao wasn’t favored in the palace, so she didn’t like to argue and had a gentle temper like a little lamb.

Luo Sheng suddenly remembered her mother saying that she caught a cold during the Shangsi Festival and died shortly after.  It might be because of this commotion.

Regardless, Princess Xingyao had just comforted her.

Luo Sheng felt a little uneasy and stepped forward, “This humble servant disturbed everyone, please forgive me.”

Xingyao smiled, “It’s nothing, this is just a rumor, it’s good that you cleared things up today.”

With the Princess directly saying it was a rumor, it was equivalent to publicly clearing her name.